Teapot, stoneware, inverted pear shape, with modelled floral decoration enamelled in white and turquoise, leaves outlined in gold, on impressed reticulated and linear grounds; several impressed, incised and painted marks on base including factory and as

Teapot, stoneware, inverted pear shape, with modelled floral decoration enamelled in white and turquoise, leaves outlined in gold, on impressed reticulated and linear grounds; several impressed, incised and painted marks on base including factory and assistants' marks, made by Doulton, Lambeth, London, c1890
the mark DOULTON & SLATER'S PATENT refers to a method of impressing lace or fine netting onto the surface of the soft clay to achieve the surface texture seen here, it is also known as Chine-ware; of the impressed marks the three lower case 't's' perhaps indicate Senior Assistant Eleanor Tosen, the three lower case 'h's' Miss F Hewitt